1946 Soviet Union legislative election

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946. Originally scheduled for December 1941, the elections were delayed due to the outbreak of war with Germany in June of that year. According to Soviet law, 325,000 out of an eligible adult population of 101,718,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]} This election was the first in which a 1945 decree allowed members of the Red Army stationed outside the Soviet Union to vote for both chambers of the Supreme Soviet in special 100,000-member districts, a practice which would continue for decades with the Red Army presence in the Eastern bloc.

1946 Soviet Union legislative election

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Soviet of the Union

All 682 seats in the Soviet of the Union

Party Seats +/– All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 576 +115 Independents 106 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Soviet of Nationalities

All 657 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities

Party Seats +/– All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 509 +100 Independents 148 −17 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman of the Council of Ministers before Chairman of the Council of Ministers after Joseph Stalin VKP(b) Joseph Stalin VKP(b)

Results

Soviet of the Union

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans		All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	100,621,225	99.19	576	+115
			Independents			106	–2
Against				819,699	0.81	–	–
Total				101,440,924	100.00	682	+113
Valid votes				101,440,924	99.99
Invalid/blank votes				10,012	0.01
Total votes				101,450,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				101,717,686	99.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By republic

Soviet Republic	Votes					Seats
	For	%	Against	%	Invalid
Russian SFSR	56,331,954	99.22
Armenian SSR	641,254	99.71
Azerbaijan SSR	1,415,493	99.72
Byelorussian SSR	4,011,161	99.37
Estonian SSR	719,803	94.59
Georgian SSR	1,937,780	99.90
Karelo-Finnish SSR	208,654	99.43
Kazakh SSR	3,284,296	99.56
Kirghiz SSR	773,891	99.54
Latvian SSR	1,223,310	98.93
Lithuanian SSR	1,207,200	95.38
Moldavian SSR	1,286,652	99.62
Tajik SSR	723,889	99.80
Turkmen SSR	620,207	99.74
Ukrainian SSR	20,392,737	99.08
Uzbek SSR	3,096,932	99.79
Soviet Union	100,621,225	99.18	819,699	0.81	10,012	682
Source: Cīņa, Nr. 38 (14,02.1946)

Soviet of Nationalities

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans		All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	100,603,567	99.19	509	+100
			Independents			148	–17
Against				818,955	0.81	–	–
Total				101,422,522	100.00	657	+83
Valid votes				101,422,522	99.97
Invalid/blank votes				28,414	0.03
Total votes				101,450,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				101,717,686	99.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver